The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TOOK possession OF the boat, aSSaultlng
men, insulting women, and robbing pas
sengers without any pretense at conceal
ment. Three passengers were badly
pounded, and the crew and passengers
were so terrorized no resistance was offer
ed. On arrival in Detroit two patrol
wagons were called and eleven arrests
made.
WILLIAM =. MAGNEEvY, an old steam
boat hero of New Orleans, died on the 18th.
THE appeal of Pranzini, the murderer of
Nine. Regnault, has been rejected by the
high court of France.
In the British House Of Commons, on the
18th, Mr. Parnell spoke strongly against
the amendments made to the Land bill by
the House of Lords.
POSTMASTER HARRITF of Philadelphia
has been eXonerated after investigation on
charges of violating Civil-Service rules.
THE reports of the various departments
at Washington to Senator Cockrell's in
vestigating committee are complete, and
have been turned over to the Public
Printer
PRINCE FERDINAND's halt on his way to
Sofia is interpreted to mean that Austria
will not furnish much physical aid in his
behalf in the face Of the pronounced oppo-
sition of Russia and Turkey.
Sol CONVERSE was hanged at Hampton,
S. c., on the 18th, for the murder of Jordan
Robinson. He said his sentence was Just.
FRANK WILSON was hanged at Prescott,
Ariz., on the 18th, for the murder of Sam
uel Clevenger and his wife, Charlotte, in
May, 1886, on the summit of the Buskin
mountains, a few miles from the Utah
line.
THE photographers succeeded on the
10Th, after lengthy session at Chicago,
in electing E Decker, Of Cleveland, presi-
dent for the ensuing year. Minneapolis
was fixed upon as the place for holding
| the next meeting.
JAMES KENDRIC, laborer on the new
Capitol at Austin, Tex, was shot and seri-
ously wounded in the head, arm and leg
on the 18th by his wife. She alleges that
he came into the house and attempted to
cut her throat with razor
JULIUS BUCKS, a ten-year-old son of John
Bucks, at Alma, Lafayette County, Mo.
met with horrible death on the 18th, by
being smothered to death in a grain eleva-
tor in which he was playing.
RAYMOND MEYERS, living on the farm of
his father-in-law, James Mills, southeast
of Des Moines, Ia, was gored to death by a
bull on the 18th, the horn going entirely
through his body. He lived only twenty
minutes after receiving the injury.
FIRE at the Mendoza (Wis.) insane
hospital on the 18th, destroyed the large
frame barn belonging to the institution,
100 tons of hay, eleven head of thorough
bred cattle, one fine Holstein bull, valued
at $1,000, and nearly all the farm ma
chinery, wagons, sleighs, etc. The total
loss is S200OO with no insurance.
AN extensive and costly conhagration
was in progress in Pittsburgh, Pa, ON the
morning of the 18th, in which property to
the value of over million dollars was in
volved, including the. Masonic Hall and
buildings adjoining.
| SEYENTEEN persons were poisoned at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 18th, by eating Gus
tard into which some foreign substance
had found its way.
| Now that the first excitement has worn
| away it is found that the killed by the re-
cent terrible accident on the Toledo, Peoria
& Western road aggregate about eighty
! from those whose injuries were not suhi-
! GENTLY severe to prevent them continuing
! their journey or returning to their homes
at once. 1t was bad enough in all con-
| science.
! SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER, who was sent
to Jail by Judge Newman at Woodstock,
Va, for contempt of court, was released by
a mob of his partisans on the 18th.
| PRINCE FERDINAND arrived at Rustcbuk
on the 18th, and was received with savos
of artillery backed by the enthusiasm of
the populace.
THE Irish people express considerable in
dignation at Mr. Blaine's refusal of their
intended hospitality and his rather abrupt
! departure from their shores.
| A RUMOR was current in Glasgow, on the
18th, that the yacht Thistle had been lost,
but her owners profess to have no fears
! for her safety.
| A GANG of men employed on the North
western railway extension at Watersmeet,
Mich, on the 18th, sat down near a newly
constructed water-tank to rest after they
had filled the tank, and it fell to pieces.
killing six men and badly injuring six
! others.
THE Crown Prince of Germany will ex-
tend his stay in the Scotch highlands a
few weeks longer. The Crown Prince
Charles of Portugal and wife, Prince
Emanuel and Victor of Savoy, the Due d.
Orleans, the Due d. Charities and several
other notables are also sojourning there.
MAYOR SMITH of Cincinnati, after living
a widOwer for thirteen years, was married
on the 18th to Miss Ida Sennett, much to
the chagrin of the bridegroom's grown
children.
The San Francisco Alta has opened a
subscription to aid in completing the fund
for the monument at New York to General
| Grant.
AT the close of the week ended the 18th
the Detroits were still leading in the League
baseball championship series, with Chica-
go close on their heels. The st. Louis
Browns continue to maintain their lead in
the Association, with the Louisvilles in
second place.
WIN. II. RoEMER, a clerk in the Water
bury Comm post-ofiice, at one time a
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